Sensing the mood, Vijayan explained. "I had kept it a secret. You have asked my original date of birth many times before. As per records, it is 21 March 1944. But the actual date is 10 Edavom 1120 (Malayalam calender), that is 24 May 1945," he said. That makes him a year younger than everybody guessed. "But I am not going to correct the records. Let it remain so," Vijayan smiled.